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British TV boss Nicola Shindler has explained why Channel 4’s It’s a Sin took “a long time” to get made — and the reason is creator Russell T. Davies‘ own genius.

Shindler, executive producer and CEO of Quay Street Productions, spoke alongside Top Gear and Clarkson’s Farm producer Andy Wilman at The Royal Television Society’s London Convention on Tuesday.

Shindler is behind work such as the BAFTA-winning Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. She said It’s a Sin, which followed the HIV/Aids crisis take hold of a friendship group and extended queer community in 1980s London, took “a long time” to get made because Doctor Who writer Davies wanted the script to first focus on the characters.

“The minute we set out to do that, my job was to make sure Russell’s voice was heard from the very beginning,” Schindler said. “It was about, ‘I...

“The Grand Tour” producer Andy Wilman says the seeds for his success were sown at school — which he attended with Jeremy Clarkson.

“I went to school with him which is like, argh,” Wilman revealed. “But we didn’t plan any of this when we were at school, obviously not. We do have a synergy. Some of it did come from school… we never sat down and planned a hit because I don’t think we were clever enough to do that. ‘Top Gear’ became that big but it was by accident.”

Wilman co-created Jeremy Clarkson motoring show “Top Gear” before jumping ship with Clarkson when he was fired by the BBC, moving to Prime Video where they launched a new motoring show called “The Grand Tour.” Wilman also produces “Clarkson’s Farm” among other series.

“Jeremy and I are like a couple of old blokes who started a baker’s shop...

Exclusive: Next week will see one of the buzziest Rts conventions in recent years as the likes of David Beckham, Ted Sarandos and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight take to the stage in London.

Helmed by this year’s principal sponsor Netflix, the great-and-the-good of the UK TV industry will gather Tuesday for an event that could signal a “new normal” after years of “volatility,” according to Rts CEO Theresa Wise, who spoke to us in advance of the confab.

Since 2020, the industry has been beset by global shocks including the Covid-19 pandemic, Ukraine War, Hollywood strikes and recession, leading to an era of boom and bust that has shaken the sector to its core.

“A little predictability” may finally be on the horizon, Wise said, which should come to the fore at Rts London. “I hope this will set out people’s idea of what [the new normal] looks like,” she added.

Jeremy Clarkson has denied that Top Gear ever scripted a scathing Tesla review after his successor Chris Harris claimed that the BBC show was “naughty” in its treatment of Elon Musk’s electric car.

In his weekly column in The Sun newspaper, Clarkson said he was wound up “something rotten” by Harris telling The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the 2008 Tesla review was effectively faked.

“Joe and Chris perpetuate the myth that my Tesla road test was unfair,” Clarkson wrote. “On Top Gear we cocked about and upset a lot of ­people over the years. But our road tests were always scrupulously fair.”

In the review of the Tesla Roadster, Clarkson said the battery died after 88km on a race track, that the vehicle’s brakes failed, the engine overheated, and that it took 16 hours to charge.

It was not all rude, however. In a drag race with a Lotus Elise,...

Jeremy Clarkson has let slip the possibility of a fifth season of Clarkson’s Farm, delighting fans who thought the series might end after the fourth.

The show on Amazon Prime has enjoyed huge viewing figures since its debut in 2021, but series producer Andy Wilman previously told Deadline there were no plans for a fifth season. He said: I’ve got no feelings on whether there’s a five or not. Jeremy’s the same. He’s like, when we’ve got nothing left to say, let’s walk away.”

However, this weekend Clarkson posted a picture of Wilman with his dog, captioning the photograph: “The dog’s pleading with Andy Wilman to be in season 5.”

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This will be music to the ears of both viewers and bosses at Amazon Prime, where the show is the platform’s...

Andy Wilman has been reflecting on the turmoil in the weeks after Jeremy Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer and was fired by the BBC.

The BBC was plunged into crisis in 2015 when the Top Gear “fracas” paved the way for Clarkson and co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May to join Amazon Prime Video to launch The Grand Tour. Wilman, then Top Gear’s executive producer, also moved over.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the executive producer revealed he had to “fight” the BBC to keep the trio of presenters together. The British broadcaster battled to lock down Hammond and May, with former creative director Alan Yentob playing a pivotal role in the talks.

Related: Jeremy Clarkson Says He Quit ‘The Grand Tour’ After Running Out Of Ideas & Becoming “Unfit, Fat & Old”

“We were fighting the BBC, and they wanted to keep Richard and James so that we would be broken up.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are planning to shuffle off the Amazon Prime Video stage with more of a whimper than a bang, according to The Grand Tour’s executive producer.

Andy Wilman said the final episode featuring the Top Gear alumni will be an “unplugged,” emotional affair when it premieres on Amazon Prime Video on September 13.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Wilman said: “They wanted to go a bit back to 2005 or 2006 … leave the dynamite and just go [to Africa] with shit old cars.”

He added: “Not much happens, I would say. Anyone who thinks they’re going to get Avengers: Endgame is going to be disappointed because it is deliberately gentle. But their camaraderie is next level.”

The final road trip was filmed in Zimbabwe and Botswana, the location of their first Top Gear special. Wilman said it is a nostalgic trip, with Clarkson, Hammond, and May...

The final ever episode of “The Grand Tour” is almost here and Prime Video is giving fans a sneak peak of what to expect — and when.

“The Grand Tour: One for the Road,” a one-off special representing the conclusion of the long-running series, is set to launch on Sept. 13 on the streamer in over 240 countries. Producer Andy Wilman unveiled a first-look image (see above) and release date at the Edinburgh TV Festival, where he is appearing on a panel.

It will see Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May reunite on a final road trip.

“In their last adventure, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May ignore the instructions of Mr Wilman and head to Zimbabwe in three cars they’ve always wanted to own, a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-litre, and a Triumph Stag, for a stunning road trip through beautiful and sometimes challenging landscapes leading to an emotional...

The Grand Tour trio, James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson have gone their separate ways. What is the legal action that the former Top Gear hosts have taken? Here is the latest news.

Richard Hammond, James May, Jeremy Clarkson The Grand Tour – Instagram The Grand Tour Trio Go Their Separate Ways

This is the end of an era. The Grand Tour trio of James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson have called it quits. According to The Daily Mail, the three presenters and Amazon Prime reality stars have ended their 21-year-old television partnership.

The three stars have filed documents to dissolve their company W. Chump and Sons. That means that with the exception of the already filmed Zimbabwe episode, they will no longer be working together in this capacity. The company was successful with £6 million in turnover, and £ 3.8 in assets.

Not bad for three guys who transformed reality television.

Jacob Rees-Mogg Series Heads To Discovery+

The docu-series following controversial Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has previously been dubbed the “Honourable Member for the 18th century,” is landing at Discovery+. The series from At Home with the Furys producer Optomen has been widely reported on in the past couple of days. Airing on the streamer later this year, Meet the Rees-Moggs will follow the politician – who lost his seat during last week’s general election Conservative wipeout – in the run up to the poll and its aftermath. He is a controversial figure on the right of British politics who used to have a reputation for filibustering, has held several cabinet posts and was one of the most ardent supporters of Brexit within the Conservative ranks. Earlier in his career, he attracted headlines when he took his childhood nanny and a flash Mercedes with him to campaign in a traditionally working class seat in Scotland.

Prolific British scribe James Graham will ask “why television has a problem with the working classes” in the Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart lecture this year.

Graham, whose credits include Sherwood, Dear England, Brexit: The Uncivil War and Quiz, will deliver the 49th address in two months time, an agenda-setting speech that has been helmed down the years by the likes of Michaela Coel, Kevin Spacey and three Murdochs.

The British playwright and screenwriter will “explore why television has a problem with the working classes and how drama can shape the political agenda,” posing questions over how the push for greater representation can more confidently include social class and regionality.

Across a 20-year career, Graham’s oeuvre has repeatedly addressed these topics and recent works include a theater version of Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff and political thriller series The Way with Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis. He has...

Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 is another unqualified success. People love Jeremy Clarkson’s farming series. Best of all, they are already filming Season 4. However, Andy Wilman, the producer of this series, as well as The Grand Tour has revealed that there is already an endgame.

How long with Jeremy Clarkson continue this series? Here is the surprising answer.

Kaleb Cooper Clarkson’s Farm – YouTube Jeremy Clarkson Knows When He Will End Clarkson’s Farm

In Clarkson’s Farm Season 3, it seems that Jeremy and Lisa have hit a stride with pig farming. They also finally got planning permission to sell their products. Growing mushrooms has hit a snag, but they continue to figure out more ways to make their property valuable. However, it doesn’t mean that this show will last forever.

According to Deadline, producer Andy Wilman has revealed that he doesn’t know how long this series will last.

Will.i.am, The Handmaid’s Tale producer Warren Littlefield and Clarkson’s Farm EP Andy Wilman will speak at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.

Grammy-winning music artist and The Voice coach Will.i.am will be a headline speaker in a new Frontiers strand that will bring together the traditional TV sector with leaders from others, such as podcasting, tech and digital.

He will be in conversation with Dr Alex Connock, the TV-producer, Oxford University lecturer and AI expert. Will.i.am is the founder and CEO of Fyi, a Web 3.0 AI platform aimed at harnessing the technology for creative production. The pair will discuss the future of creativity and what role AI will play in content creation, distribution and audience engagement.

Littlefield, the former network chief who oversaw the creation of NBC’s ‘Must See TV’ era, will discuss his career on both sides of the commissioning line. After overseeing...

The Edinburgh TV Festival has unveiled will.i.am and producer Warren Littlefield (The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo, Dopesick) as first big-name speakers for its 2024 edition this summer.

Clarkson’s Farm executive producer Andy Wilman will also appear at the 49th Edinburgh TV Festival in August.

“The speakers also feed into two new areas of expansion that have been introduced to look at the future of the industry in a practical and inspiring way,” organizers said. In an addition to the regular Spotlight Sessions, panel discussions and program masterclasses in Edinburgh, new creative director Rowan Woods is looking to expand the event’s international focus and also launching a new strand called Frontiers, which “celebrates creativity, convergence and new forms of storytelling.”

In its first year, the Frontiers strand will feature will.i.am in conversation with Alex Connock, an academic in media and artificial intelligence at Oxford University, about the...

Will.I.Am and “Clarkson’s Farm” executive producer, Andy Wilman are among the lineup at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival it was confirmed today.

They will be joined at the festival’s 49th edition by “The Handmaid’s Tale” producer Warren Littlefield.

The lineup, which will be further announced in due course, was put together by the festival’s new creative director Rowan Woods.

“It’s such an exciting moment for me to be able to unveil our first session announcements for the 2024 Festival,” said Woods. “They hint at three of our key priorities this year: expanding our international programming, reflecting the increasingly porous boundaries between TV and other sectors and the creative opportunities this brings, and celebrating the success and impact of U.K. talent and programme making. We have lots more news to share in the coming weeks and look forward to convening the industry in Edinburgh...

Exclusive: Andy Wilman looks like a man who’s not seen sunlight for a while. Peering down the barrel of a Zoom call, he’s got a touch of man flu after a spell in his editing bunker. Wilman is perpetually “in an edit.” He’s currently honing the final episode of The Grand Tour, but he could just as well be looking at rushes from Clarkson’s Farm Season 4. It is his happy place.

We talk just days after Season 3 has been confirmed as Amazon Prime Video’s highest-rated UK original, sitting acres ahead of lavishly-budgeted series including Fallout and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Not bad for a show in which the centerpiece storyline is the birthing journey of a pig named Baroness. Clarkson’s Farm was, in Wilman’s words, conceived as Clarkson’s “solo album” away from Richard Hammond and James May, but...

When Amazon Prime released Clarkson’s Farm Season 3, it was only the first half of the episodes. Therefore, when will the streamer release Part 2? At the beginning of the third season, Jeremy promoted Kaleb Cooper as his farm manager. Then, they agreed to a contest. Kaleb would farm the regular farmland, while Jeremy would farm the parts of the land they have not used. However, the streamer only aired four episodes. When are the remaining four dropping?

Viewers love Jeremy Clarkson’s farm series. This season has shown the Top Gear alum dealing with a cornucopia of obstacles. This ranges from the forced closure of the Diddly Squat’s restaurant to the challenges of raising pigs.

Here are the details of when fans of the show will get the Season 3, Part 2 episodes.

Kaleb Cooper Clarkson’s Farm – YouTube When Will Amazon Drop Clarkson’s Farm Season 3, Part 2?

When Amazon Prime dropped Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 on Friday,...

Amazon Prime has just released the Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 video trailer. The new season promises some competition between The Grand Tour star and fan-favorite Kaleb Cooper.

What does it all reveal? Moreover, when should viewers of the hit reality show expect to see it drop?

Here are all the details.

The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm- Instagram Jeremy Clarkson Proposes Competition In Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 Trailer

Everyone loves Clarkson’s Farm. This humorous and dramatic reality show centers around Top Gear alum Jeremy Clarkson’s farm called Diddly Squat. Moreover, this series represents the struggles farmers have to produce the world’s food. On Thursday, Amazon released the Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 trailer. What should viewers expect this season?

Firstly, Jeremy promotes his right-hand man Kaleb Cooper to farm manager. Next, Jeremy puts on a competition. He is going to farm some wild land that takes up about half of his property.

Hit automotive series “Top Gear” is being put in park “for the foreseeable future,” the BBC revealed on Tuesday.

The news comes after presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was injured in an on-set accident in December, resulting in a pause in production on the show’s 34th season. Flintoff had been a presenter on the series since 2019, alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.

“Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to rest the U.K. show for the foreseeable future,” the statement reads. “The BBC remains committed to Freddie, Chris and Paddy who have been at the heart of the show’s renaissance since 2019, and we’re excited about new projects being developed with each of them. We will have more to say in the near future on this. We know resting the show will be disappointing news for fans, but it is the right thing to do. All other...

Baboon Gets Nuts

Baboon Animation and Tokyo and Los Angeles-based indie studio Custom Nuts are joining forces in a toon development pact that pools the companies’ writing and visual talent.

Custom Nuts founder Silas Hickey developed a number of hit Asian animated series, including “Chhota Bheem,” while serving as senior development director at Turner International, Asia Pacific.

Hickey and fellow Custom Nuts exec Matthew Howison signed the deal with Baboon CEO Mike de Seve at Mipcom.

“Silas and Matthew bring absolute top-class expertise, deep, first-hand experience in IPs from countries across Asia, and funny, funny cartoon comedy,” said de Seve.

“There are no better writers anywhere than Baboon,” added Hickey.

Baboon’s credits include more than 20 series that have been distributed globally, including “Angry Birds Toons,” “Gigantosaurus” and “Pocoyo.” The company boasts 31 Emmys collectively.

“Expect some extremely funny cartoons to come out of this partnership,” said Baboon head of series Joe Vitale.

Spun Gold To “Reimagine” BAFTA Coverage

Next year’s BAFTA TV and Film Awards will be “significantly expanded and reimagined” as a new production company, Spun Gold TV, takes the reins. Co-producing alongside BAFTA, Spun Gold has replaced previous producers Done + Dusted and Whizz Kid following a tender process to make the coverage for the next two years. BAFTA said Spun Gold will work with the body to “reimagine and significantly expand the production and format of both events.” Ceremonies will be broadcast as per usual on BBC One and take place live at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Inside Dubai producer Spun Gold has made the likes of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations for ITV and the same network’s Real Full Monty concerts. BBC Entertainment Director Kalpna Patel-Knight praised the company’s “first-class reputation in making high quality, innovative and engaging content.” Elsewhere, UK PR firm Premier...

“Clarkson’s Farm,” the surprise pastoral smash hit from Amazon Prime Video, has been greenlit for a third season, with production already underway.

The show follows former “Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson as he re-locates from London to the English countryside and tries to run a farm (called Diddly Squat) often with disastrous results. Fortunately, his trusty farmhands Kaleb, Gerald and Charlie – as well as his wife Lisa – are there to help the man who has been dubbed “Britain’s most unlikely farmer.”

A second season of the show, featuring both familiar and new faces, is set to launch in early 2023 and will see the team deal with new animals and crops as well as an ongoing feud with the local council as Clarkson attempt to open a restaurant on the farm.

According to local news reports, West Oxfordshire district council has twice rejected Clarkson’s attempts to open an eatery at Diddly Squat,...

Every car enthusiast we know watches “Top Gear America” almost religiously. If you are a car buff or you fancy a motoring series like “Fast and Furious,” “The Grand Tour,” or “Need for Speed,” then chances are you’ll love “Top Gear America.”

The motoring television series recently ended its first season of the remake show — we are expecting a second.

This article discusses the latest news, info, and all that you need to know about “Top Gear America.”

Where Can You Watch “Top Gear America?”

Catch all episodes of “Top Gear America” season one remake when you rent or purchase it on Vudu or Amazon Prime Video.

What’s “Top Gear America” About?

Following the success of the UK version which debuted in 2002, the Top Gear franchise decided to expand into other forms of merchandising — as well as create international versions of the show. So far, there has been...

Amazon Prime Video has renewed Jeremy Clarkson’s farming show, Clarkson’s Farm, for a second season.

Filming is underway on Season 2, as Amazon follows the adventures of The Grand Tour star as he runs Diddly Squat Farm. He will again be joined by his team, including tractor driver Kaleb, as Clarkson aims to diversify, expanding his limited agricultural knowledge.

“Clarkson’s Farm is Jeremy’s unfiltered love letter to farming,” said Dan Grabiner, Amazon Studios’ head of UK originals. “It is that authenticity, charm and humour, combined with the farm’s fantastic characters, which have made the series such a remarkable hit with audiences.”

Clarkson’s Farm is produced by Expectation and Clarkson’s Con Dao Productions. Executive producers are Peter Fincham and Andy Wilman, while the series director is Will Yapp.

Clarkson marked the renewal with a short video:...

Jeremy Clarkson has written about his experience of battling coronavirus in typically direct prose.

The Grand Tour star and presenter of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? revealed in his Sunday Times column that he contracted Covid-19 in the run-up to Christmas.

“Four days before Christmas, I woke in the night to find my sheets were soggy. And that I had a constant dry cough,” he said, adding: “The doctor was very clear – I’d feel under the weather for between five and 14 days and then I’d either get better or I’d have to go to hospital.”

Clarkson, who said his breathing became “laboured,” feared the worst. “Because I am 60 and fat, and because I’ve smoked half a million cigarettes and had double pneumonia, I’d probably die, on my own, in a lonely plastic tent,” he explained.

Clarkson continued: “I’m not...

Exclusive: DriveTribe, the motoring social network founded by The Grand Tour team and with investment from Elisabeth Murdoch and Disney, has warned that it could run out of cash unless it can mount a sustained recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

DriveTribe was launched by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and Andy Wilman in November 2016 as an online community for car fanatics, with investment from 21st Century Fox (now owned by Disney) and early Facebook backer Jim Breyer. Murdoch invested £2.5M ($3.3M) in the business last year.

In its annual report, DriveTribe said that in a worst-case scenario, in which advertising revenue continues to be ravaged by Covid-19, its cash reserves of £2.2M will not be sufficient “to continue trading for a period significantly longer” than 12 months. The company added that it has no agreement in place with shareholders for additional funding, despite informal indications that more cash could be made available.

Exclusive: The Grand Tour showrunner Andy Wilman has revealed how Amazon’s motoring show stayed on the road during the coronavirus pandemic — despite having to cancel a major shoot in Russia and falling ill with the disease himself.

The executive producer was speaking to Deadline as Amazon Prime gears up to launch the next Grand Tour special, A Massive Hunt, which was filmed in Madagascar last year, but was edited at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, during which Wilman was laid low for 10 days after contracting the illness.

He delivered the episode to Amazon in early summer and it will premiere on December 18, featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May on some of the most treacherous roads they have ever encountered, in cars that had some heavy-duty modifications. Hammond, for example, replaced the wheels on his Ford Focus Rs with tank tracks.

But, as always with Wilman and co,...

Exclusive: Amazon is poised to extend its relationship with The Grand Tour star James May by swapping his spanner with a wooden spoon for a cookery program.

The presenter has been known to dabble in the kitchen on YouTube, but will now get rather more serious about his culinary experiments in a cookery show made by his long-time collaborators at Plum Pictures.

British newspaper The Sun has previously reported on his ambition to do a cooking show, but Deadline can reveal that the series is in with Amazon and there is even interest in him writing a book containing recipes.

Some work took place on the show earlier this year, and it is understood that the series could be six episodes in length. James May ‘Oh Cook!‘ has been mooted as a working title, in reference to his “oh cock!” catchphrase when things go wrong on The Grand Tour.

His...

The Grand Tour executive producer Andy Wilman has revealed how the coronavirus pandemic slowed the progress of their Madagascar special and completely derailed plans to film in Russia.

In a live YouTube discussion with The Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Wilman said he contracted Covid-19, putting him out of action for 10 days. The pandemic has also meant that the Amazon car show has had to be edited remotely, which has created delays.

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“I have had the plague,” Wilman said of the coronavirus. “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever had — ever.” He added that the pandemic has meant that he has not been able to sit in on the edit, while access to equipment has also been a problem.

Exclusive: Top Gear is changing lanes. After being revitalized by a band of new presenters, the motoring show is poised to move from BBC Two to BBC One for the first time in its 18-year modern history.

Deadline can reveal that high-level talks about the switch took place in January and BBC director of content Charlotte Moore decided to elevate Top Gear after being impressed with its performance among young and underserved audiences. The move is yet to be finalized, but it is expected that Season 29 will air on BBC One later this year, with no changes to the show’s editorial direction. The BBC declined to comment.

It’s a sign of the swagger that has returned to the franchise since the arrival of hosts Andrew Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness last year. The BBC is excited about the chemistry the presenters have developed in a short space...

Exclusive: The BBC has achieved something few could have predicted a couple of years ago: it has revved new life into the faltering global brand that was Top Gear — and in doing so, proved that there is enough room on the road for more than one big car show.

The chemistry between new hosts Andrew Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness has turbocharged the show’s ratings in the UK, meaning last year’s season crossed the finish line with 3.8M viewers, some 1.5M ahead of the previous Matt LeBlanc-fronted season. And the engine was still purring for the premiere of Season 28 last weekend.

This return to growth prompted BBC Two controller Patrick Holland to observe that Top Gear has shed its baggage, including any lingering doubts about its viability without the men who made it a global sensation: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and former showrunner Andy Wilman.

Claire Hungate, the former CEO of Warner Bros Television Production UK, is going to help The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond get his production company motoring.

Hungate has joined Chimp Productions as a part-time advisor, helping assist directors Hammond, and his wife Amanda, in growing the business.

Chimp Productions already boasts two commissions: an Amazon show working titled The Great Escapists, which Hammond is co-presenting with Mythbusters star Tory Belleci, and Science Channel engineering show Richard Hammond’s Big.

Hammond launched the company to produce his projects away from Amazon’s The Grand Tour. His co-presenters are also working on solo ventures but have decided against setting up their own companies. Jeremy Clarkson and showrunner Andy Wilman are working with Expectation, while James May is making new shows with longtime collaborator Plum Pictures.

Hungate left Warner Bros in 2017 after three years running its British production operation. She was previously the chief operating officer at Shed,...

Exclusive: Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond’s motoring show The Grand Tour returns to Amazon on December 13, but it’s not exactly more of the same from the British trio.

The presenters have ripped up the format that made the show one of Amazon’s biggest attractions. They have ditched the studio tent, test track and car reviews, and are instead focusing on a sequence of feature-length specials. In fact, for their first adventure in season four, The Grand Tour presents: Seamen, there are barely any four-wheeled vehicles in sight, as Clarkson, Hammond and May charter boats for an epic journey along the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

Sitting behind it all is executive producer Andy Wilman, the unseen fourth-wheel in The Grand Tour team who puts the show on the road. In his trademark unvarnished style, Wilman told Deadline that the refresh was all a matter of quality...

Exclusive: Andy Wilman, the showrunner on Amazon’s The Grand Tour, is planning to park his motoring show at some point next decade and move into scripted for the first time.

Wilman is the unseen engine of The Grand Tour machine, making international stars out of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, and putting their adventures on the road, including a new special episode premiering on December 13.

He has worked with Clarkson since reinventing Top Gear for the BBC in 2002 and was central to the negotiations that took the four of them to Amazon in 2015 as part of a deal reportedly worth £160M ($206M).

But after nearly two decades steeped in factual entertainment television, Wilman is eyeing the next turn of the wheel in his career, with the drama business calling.

In an interview with Deadline, Wilman revealed that he studies TV drama, namedropping shows including Netflix series Top Boy...

Exclusive: DriveTribe, the motoring social network founded by The Grand Tour team, is planning to turn its first profit in 2020 after growing the business and taking £2.5M ($3M) of investment from Elisabeth Murdoch.

DriveTribe was launched by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman in November 2016 as an online community for car fanatics, with investment from 21st Century Fox and early Facebook backer Jim Breyer.

But the idea spluttered in its early days. CEO Ernesto Schmitt stepped down just six months after launch, while the company lost £8.3M in its first calendar year of 2017.

More than two years on, Schmitt’s successor as chief executive Jonathan Morris told Deadline that DriveTribe is on course to turn a profit in late 2020 after posting the first revenue in its history.

According to earnings published with the UK’s Companies House, DriveTribe’s sales were just over $1M in the 12 months...

Exclusive: The Grand Tour showrunner Andy Wilman has revealed new details about the solo projects and specials he is working on with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for Amazon, as well as the structure of their deal with the streamer.

Wilman spoke to Deadline after we reported that he is shutting down W Chump & Sons – the production company he co-founded with Clarkson, Hammond and May – and The Grand Tour will now be housed with BBC Studios-backed Expectation.

The executive producer said their latest deal with Amazon meant the need for them to have their own production company had reduced significantly. Under the agreement announced in December last year, The Grand Tour‘s studio format is being ditched in favor of a series of road trips, like the two-part Colombia special in season three.

“We’re doing fewer shows to keep the quality control up, so there’s no need for Chump.

Exclusive: The team behind Amazon’s The Grand Tour is on the brink of striking a production deal that will see them tying up with Expectation, the BBC Studios-backed production company founded by former Endemol President Tim Hincks and ex-ITV content chief Peter Fincham.

The deal is still being finalized, but Deadline has learned that Expectation will house the production of The Grand Tour as well as other projects from presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.

We have heard that executive producer Andy Wilman and his team have already moved into Expectation’s office in Notting Hill, West London, as the final touches are applied to the agreement.

Talks have been ongoing for some time and Expectation’s chief operating officer Alexia Edwards is already the director of a company, named Grand Tour Productions, with Zoe Brewer, who is the director of production on The Grand Tour/Chump Productions.

Amazon has greenlit a six-part survival-cum-engineering series featuring “The Grand Tour’s” Richard Hammond and “Mythbusters’” Tory Belleci. The commission was announced Wednesday by Georgia Brown, director of European Amazon original series, speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

The as-yet-untitled pop-science series from Chimp Productions sees Hammond and Belleci shipwrecked on a remote desert island, and using their engineering and scientific skills not only to survive, but to construct a paradise island playground.

The series follows the pair as they construct an exotic wonderland using what they have from the shipwreck and what they can find on the island. Each episode will see them take on huge feats of engineering to achieve epic builds, ranging from island hopping vehicles to a supersized hydro-power waterwheel.

“Somebody needs to take hold of Popular Science as a genre and reinvent it for a new age. And there are only two people to do that job.

“The Grand Tour’s” James May is going on the road with Amazon again, but without motoring buddies Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond at his side. “Our Man in…Japan” will see May travel the titular Asian country on a quest to understand its unique, extraordinary and complex culture.

May has broken away from his former “Top Gear” and current “The Grand Tour” co-presenters to make several solo series for free TV in the U.K., including “James Mays Man Lab,” “Toy Stories,” and “Apollo 13: The Inside Story.” This is his first solo series for Amazon and comes as the streamer moves more deeply into unscripted.

Tom Whitter, who directed several of May’s free-tv shows, will helm “Our Man in…Japan.” Production started this week. Amazon will launch the series across its 200-country global footprint.

May said Japan is “a Class A stimulant for all the senses, and...

Filming for Our Man in…Japan with James May, a new unscripted travel series for Amazon, began Monday as the host headed for the Far East, Amazon Studios unveiled.

Amazon announced in December that it had signed a deal with The Grand Tour hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and May, along with producer Andy Wilman, to develop solo shows with them.

The six-part program will be directed by BAFTA TV Award nominee Tom Whitter for Plum Pictures and see May travel the length of Japan in an attempt to understand the country, people and culture, according to Amazon.

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Amazon hit London for its show-and-tell Tuesday with a starry cast in tow: Julia Roberts, Jon Hamm, Rachel Brosnahan, John Krasinksi, Orlando Bloom and Matthew Weiner were all in town to talk about their Amazon projects. Mark Burnett and Neil Gaiman also made cameos, the latter fresh off the announcement of his new overall deal with the streamer.

With Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke presiding, the company showcased clips from upcoming British fantasy comedy “Good Omens,” the second season of Emmy-winning “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” a few new French- and German-language series, and one French-and-German-language show. Here are five things we learned from the event:

1.) Amazon’s Europe strategy: international talent deals and non-English drama

Amazon has already locked “Catastrophe” co-creator Sharon Horgan into a deal and has now added Gaiman to its international bench. He said the deal came about after he worked with Amazon “almost accidentally” on “American Gods” and “Good Omens,...

After hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left the popular BBC series “Top Gear” in 2015, fans of the series were devastated. That is until the trio joined back up again for “The Grand Tour,” a spiritual successor to the series streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime. The series premiered on November 18 and new episodes of the series stream on Amazon weekly. In the days following its initial premiere, the pilot became Amazon’s most watched premiere episode.

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Now, Amazon has released the trailer for the series’ two-part special “The Beach (Buggy) Boys,” filmed in Namibia. The trailer shows the trio abandon their standard traveling tent and attempt to to prove “Grand Tour” producer Andy Wilman wrong when he declares that beach buggies are terrible. The trio saddle up...

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From 2002 to 2015, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May hosted and presented the popular BBC series “Top Gear,” and received much acclaim for their conversational, comedic approach to the series. But in 2015, the BBC announced it wouldn’t renew Clarkson’s contract after he verbally and physically assaulted “Top Gear” producer Oisin Tymon over a dispute at a hotel. Tymon filed a lawsuit against Clarkson and the BBC, prompting an apology from Clarkson and a £100,000 settlement. After Clarkson’s dismissal from “Top Gear,” Hammond, May, and executive producer Andy Wilman all left the program as well.

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But now, Clarkson, Hammond, May, and Wilman are all returning for a new Amazon series “The Grand Tour.” It follows the gang as they travel to four continents in many different snazzy vehicles, not just sports cars, but also speedboats,...

The team that brought you the most-watched automotive show in the world, “Top Gear,” has announced the release date for its new Amazon Prime exclusive series “The Grand Tour.” Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are currently traveling the world filming the high-octane series, which will air every Friday starting Nov. 18.

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The show “Top Gear” came to a screeching halt when Clarkson punched BBC producer Oisin Tymon during an on-set dispute last year. Tymon ultimately filed a lawsuit against both Clarkson and the BBC, prompting an apology from Clarkson and a £100,000 settlement that both came in February of this year. An online petition calling for the BBC to reinstate Clarkson gathered nearly 250,000 signatures, but was not a success.

Hammond, May and long-time “Top Gear” executive producer Andy Wilman...

Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate 21st Century Fox has invested $6.5 million in digital start-up DriveTribe, a site devoted to car culture co-created by former “Top Gear” stars Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May; their producer Andy Wilman; and tech entrepreneur Ernesto Schmitt. Fox’s investment comes on top of the $5.5 million that DriveTribe raised a mere two weeks ago. Clarkson was dismissed from the BBC’s “Top Gear” in 2015 after punching a producer in the face, with May and Hammond following voluntarily shortly thereafter. Also Read: Could Jeremy Clarkson Return to 'Top Gear'? We knew there was life after “Top Gear” for.

Former Top Gear exec producer Andy Wilman told an audience of industry executives at the Edinburgh TV Festival that his departure last year from the BBC — and that of the show's principals — was part of "a perfect storm" that had been brewing for some time, and one which might have been avoided. Wilman exited the motoring show in 2015 as longtime friend and series host Jeremy Clarkson's contract was not renewed after a now infamous fracas with a producer. Co-hosts James…...

Amazon has just released the first set of images from its new original series, which is currently on location in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May appear in the “first-ever studio tent recording” of their new show “The Grand Tour,” which follows the trio’s post–”Top Gear” automotive adventures.

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Clarkson, Hammond and May co-presented the highly popular BBC series for more than a decade until their joint departure last year. This new venture continues in a similar vein, with the three hosts traveling the world and driving around in various exotic locales. Naming the show proved difficult, with “Gear Knob” being floated as a possible title before the three eventually settled on “The Grand Tour.”

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The show, which is...

After months of speculation, ex-Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May finally are working on a brand new show.

Fans longing to see the three middle-aged men mess about in cars will have to wait until 2016, but until then, here's a round-up of everything you need to know so far.

Top Gear without limits: Is Clarkson, Hammond and May's Amazon deal really good news for fans?

Where and when is it on?

The new show will be made exclusive to customers of Amazon Prime, an online streaming service similar to Netflix.

If you haven't got Amazon Prime, it'll cost £79 a year, and you can watch it on various devices and apps - a full explanation of which can be found here.

No official date for the show's launch has been made yet, but it will definitely arrive at some point in 2016, probably in the autumn.

How many episodes will there be?...